1962 Academy Awards

Updated September 9, 2022 | Infoplease Staff

The 1962 Academy Awards were presented April 8, 1963 at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium.

Best PictureLawrence of Arabia, Sam Spiegel, producer (Columbia)
The Longest Day, Darryl F. Zanuck, producer (Twentieth Century-Fox)
Meredith Willson's the Music Man, Morton Da Costa, producer (Warner Bros.)
Mutiny on the Bounty, Aaron Rosenberg, producer (MGM)
To Kill a Mockingbird, Alan J. Pakula, producer (Universal-International)
Best ActorBurt Lancaster, Birdman of Alcatraz
Jack Lemmon, Days of Wine and Roses
Marcello Mastroianni, Divorce—Italian Style
Peter O'Toole, Lawrence of Arabia
Gregory Peck, To Kill a Mockingbird

Gregory Peck, To Kill a Mockingbird
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Best ActressAnne Bancroft, The Miracle Worker
Bette Davis, What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
Katharine Hepburn, Long Day's Journey Into Night
Geraldine Page, Sweet Bird of Youth
Lee Remick, Days of Wine and Roses
Actor in a Supporting RoleEd Begley, Sweet Bird of Youth
Victor Buono, What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
Telly Savalas, Birdman of Alcatraz
Omar Sharif, Lawrence of Arabia
Terence Stamp, Billy Budd
Actress in a Supporting RoleMary Badham, To Kill a Mockingbird
Patty Duke, The Miracle Worker
Shirley Knight, Sweet Bird of Youth
Angela Lansbury, The Manchurian Candidate
Thelma Ritter, Birdman of Alcatraz
DirectingPietro Germi, Divorce—Italian Style
David Lean, Lawrence of Arabia
Robert Mulligan, To Kill a Mockingbird
Arthur Penn, The Miracle Worker
Frank Perry, David and Lisa
Writing
Screenplay Based on Material From Another MediumRobert Bolt, Lawrence of Arabia
Horton Foote, To Kill a Mockingbird
William Gibson, The Miracle Worker
Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita
Eleanor Perry, David and Lisa
Story and Screenplay Written Directly for the ScreenIngmar Bergman, Through a Glass Darkly
Ennio de Concini, Alfredo Giannetti and Pietro Germi, Divorce—Italian Style
Charles Kaufman, story; Charles Kaufman and Wolfgang Reinhardt, screenplay, Freud
Alain Robbe-Grillet, Last Year at Marienbad
Stanley Shapiro and Nate Monaster, That Touch of Mink
Cinematography
Black-and-WhiteJean Bourgoin and Walter Wottitz, The Longest Day
Burnett Guffey, Birdman of Alcatraz
Ernest Haller, What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
Russell Harlan, To Kill a Mockingbird
Ted McCord, Two for the Seesaw
ColorRussell Harlan, Hataril
Harry Stradling, Sr., Gypsy
Robert L. Surtees, Mutiny on the Bounty
Paul C. Vogel, The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
Fred A. Young, Lawrence of Arabia
Art Direction
Black-and-WhiteGeorge W. Davis and Edward Carfagno, art direction; Henry Grace and Dick Pefferle, set decoration, Period of Adjustment
Alexander Golitzen and Henry Bumstead, art direction; Oliver Emert, set decoration, To Kill a Mockingbird
Ted Haworth, Leon Barsacq and Vincent Korda, art direction; Gabriel Bechir, set decoration, The Longest Day
Hal Pereira and Roland Anderson, art direction; Sam Comer and Frank R. McKelvy, set decoration, The Pigeon That Took Rome
Joseph Wright, art direction; George James Hopkins, set decoration, Days of Wine and Roses
ColorJohn Box and John Stoll, art direction; Dario Simoni, set decoration, Lawrence of Arabia
George W. Davis and Edward Carfagno, art direction; Henry Grace and Dick Pefferle, set decoration, The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
Alexander Golitzen and Robert Clatworthy, art direction; George Milo, set decoration, That Touch of Mink
Paul Groesse, art direction; George James Hopkins, set decoration, Meredith Willson's The Music Man
Hugh Hunt, set decoration, Mutiny on the Bounty
SoundShepperton Studio Sound Dept., John Cox, sound director, Lawrence of Arabia
Universal City Studio Sound Dept., Waldon O. Watson, sound director, That Touch of Mink
Walt Disney Studio Sound Dept., Robert O. Cook, sound director, Bon Voyage!
Warner Bros. Studio Sound Dept. and Glen Glenn Sound Dept., Joseph Kelly, sound director, What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
Warner Bros. Studio Sound Dept., George R. Groves, sound director, Meredith Willson's The Music Man
Music
Song“Days of Wine and Roses,” Days of Wine and Roses, Henry Mancini, music; Johnny Mercer, lyrics
“Love Song From Mutiny on the Bounty” (Follow Me), Mutiny on the Bounty, Bronislau Kaper, music; Paul Francis Webster, lyrics
“Song From Two for the Seesaw” (Second Chance), Two for the Seesaw, André Previn, music; Dory Langdon, lyrics
“Tender Is the Night,” Tender Is the Night, Sammy Fain, music; Paul Francis Webster, lyrics
“Walk on the Wild Side,” Walk on the Wild Side, Elmer Bernstein, music; Mack David, lyrics
Musical Score, Substantially OriginalElmer Bernstein, To Kill a Mockingbird
Jerry Goldsmith, Freud
Maurice Jarre, Lawrence of Arabia
Bronislau Kaper, Mutiny on the Bounty
Franz Waxman, Taras Bulba
Scoring of Music, Adaptation or TreatmentLeigh Harline, The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
Ray Heindorf, Meredith Willson's The Music Man
Michel Magne, Gigot
Frank Perkins, Gypsy
George Stoll, Billy Rose's Jumbo
Film EditingSamuel E. Beetley, The Longest Day
Anne Coates, Lawrence of Arabia
John McSweeney, Jr., Mutiny on the Bounty
Ferrris Webster, The Manchurian Candidate
William Ziegler, Meredith Willson's The Music Man
Costume Design
Black-and-WhiteDon Feld, Days of Wine and Roses
Edith Head, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
Norma Koch, What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
Ruth Morley, The Miracle Worker
Denny Vachlioti, Phaedra
ColorEdith Head, My Geisha
Dorothy Jeakins, Meredith Willson's The Music Man
Orry-Kelly, Gypsy
Bill Thomas, Bon Voyage!
Mary Wills, The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
Special EffectsA. Arnold Gillespie, visual; Milo Lory, audible, Mutiny on the Bounty
Robert MacDonald, visual; Jacques Maumont, audible, The Longest Day
Short Subjects
CartoonThe Hole (Storyboard, Inc.; Brandon Films)
Icarus Montgolfier Wright (Format Films; United Artists)
Now Hear This (Looney Tune Series) (Warner Bros. Cartoons, Inc.; Warner Bros.)
Self-Defense—For Cowards (Self-Help Series) (Rembrandt Films; Film Representations)
Symposium on Popular Songs (Walt Disney Productions; Buena Vista)
Live ActionBig City Blues (Martina and Charles Huguenot van der Linden, producers; Mayfair Pictures)
The Cadillac (Robert Clouse Production; United Producers Releasing)
The Cliff Dwellers (Formerly titled One Plus One) (Group II Film Production; Lester A. Schoenfeld Films)
Heureux Anniversaire (Happy Anniversary) (C.A.P.A.C. Productions; Atlantic Pictures Corp.)
Pan (Herman van der Horst Production; Mayfair Pictures)
Documentary
Short SubjectDylan Thomas (TWW Ltd.; Janus Films)
The John Glenn Story (U.S. Navy; Warner Bros.)
The Road to the Wall (CBS Films, Inc.; U.S. Department of Defense)
FeatureAlvorada (Brazil's Changing Face) (Hugo Niebeling, producer; MW Filmproduktion)
Black Fox (Image Productions, Inc.; Heritage Films, Inc.)
Foreign Language FilmElectra, Greece
The Four Days of Naples, Italy
Keeper of Promises (The Given Word) Brazil
Sundays and Cybèle, France
Tlayucan, Mexico
Jean Hersholt Humanitarian AwardSteve Broidy

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